Pediatric trauma care: An overview of pediatric trauma systems and their practices in 18 US states

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1162-1169

  Segui Gomez, Maria ^a   Chang, David C ^a   Paidas, Charles N ^b   Jurkovich, Gregory J ^c   MacKenzie, Ellen J ^a   Rivara, Frederick P ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pediatric trauma; Trauma services; Trauma systems

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042360629     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(03)00262-8     Document Type: Article

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